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Plotline

The basic plot of a story or group of stories

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noun
  1. 1

    The basic plot of a story or group of stories

  2. 2

    A group of stories sharing a plot

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metaplotnoun(roleplaying games) The overarching storyline that binds together events in a role-playing game.
throughlinenoun(narratology) In full through line of action: a theme that runs through the plot of a book, film, or other narrative work, or a series of such related works.
storylinenoun(literature) The plot of a story.
lineplotnounAlternative form of line plot. [(statistics) A plotting of data above an axis to show frequency of data in each category.]
line plotnoun(statistics) A plotting of data above an axis to show frequency of data in each category.
ridgeline plotnounSynonym of Joy plot.
beanplotnoun(mathematics) An alternative form of boxplot in which individual observations are shown as small lines in a one-dimensional scatter plot.
tracklinenounThe line along which something was tracked
macroplotnounA relatively large square or rectangular plot of land
groundplannounA diagram, usually to scale, showing the layout of the ground level of a building or other physical structure; floorplan.
joy plotnoun(neologism) A plot of a repetitive signal, by repeatedly plotting each period on a separate line one under another, to create a pseudo-3D image that appears like a mountainous ridge.
dotplotnounA graph formed from lines of dots.
partinounThe basic, central, or main concept, drawing, or scheme of an architectural design.
broad strokesnoun(idiomatic) Major features or key points; outline.
outlinenounA general description of some subject.
timelinenounA graphical representation of a chronological sequence of events (past or future).
groundlinenoun(fishing) A weighted fishing line that lies along the floor of the body of water in which the user is fishing.
sparklinenounA small graph of data presented as a line without axes.
spineplotnounAlternative form of spine plot. [A kind of mosaic plot for only two variables, somewhat resembling a bar chart, but using the width of each bar to express proportion.]
linenounA path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.

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